Trump, May 2017: 100 days of [unintelligible]

But yeah comey's word alone wont justify an obstruction charge

Calm down, friends. We got a long way to go.

You mean, like, a week?

Trump's "NO" when asked if he asked Comey to end Flynn investigation is identical to "WRONG" during debate w/Hilary.

Rosenstein testimony to Senate was profoundly disturbing.

— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) May 18, 2017

Thanks, Merkley, for that update.

How about this one: Trump as president is profoundly disturbing.

Going to assume because of his Twitter pic being Snapchat he's a Dem from a deep blue district?

Comey's word isnt just the word of some random guy

― Οὖτις, Friday, May 19, 2017 12:09 AM (fifty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

But yeah comey's word alone wont justify an obstruction charge

― Οὖτις, Friday, May 19, 2017 12:10 AM (fifty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah if this was in court the notes of a law enforcement agent would be solid, but impeachment isn't going to follow the federal rules of criminal procedure

Per Alfred's note the other day, this is breadcrumb stuff, intentionally.

Going to assume because of his Twitter pic being Snapchat he's a Dem from a deep blue district?

― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, May 18, 2017 5:44 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

junior senator from oregon, yes.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/05/18/behind-closed-doors-al-franken-kirsten-gillibrand-blast-rosenstein-for-withholding-information/?tid=sm_tw

Wittes's own piece now is of interest. Deep inside baseball at a lot of points.

https://www.lawfareblog.com/what-james-comey-told-me-about-donald-trump

Also:

Jared Kushner personally intervened in an arms deal between Saudi Arabia and Lockheed Martin. The new normal. https://t.co/OGt0Ncz6mZ

— Charles Ornstein (@charlesornstein) May 19, 2017

Byline is @VaughnHillyard, terrific Pence embed who spent months with his team. Do the math: VP office laying all blame on Trump & McGahn. https://t.co/tKRayU3xeV

— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) May 19, 2017

Pence definitely starting to be more open about this.

PenceWorld on Trump: "We certainly knew we needed to be prepared for the unconventional (but) not to this extent." https://t.co/Ab2dJO5QQD

— Dan Berman (@DHBerman) May 19, 2017

Calm down, friends. We got a long way to go.

― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, May 18, 2017 8:11 PM (fifteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

true. this will take a while

Key bit from the Wittes piece, I think

Comey never said specifically that this policing was about the Russia matter, but I certainly assumed that it was—probably alongside other things. While I do not know how many incidents we’re talking about, how severe they were, or their particular character, I do know this: Comey understood Trump’s people as having neither knowledge of nor respect for the independence of the law enforcement function. And he saw it as an ongoing task on his part to protect the rest of the Bureau from improper contacts and interferences from a group of people he did not regard as honorable. This was a general preoccupation of Comey’s in the months he and Trump overlapped—and the difference between this relationship and his regard for Obama (which was deep) was profound and palpable.

lol

But as he told me the story, he tried hard to blend into the background and avoid any one-on-one interaction. He was wearing a blue blazer and noticed that the drapes were blue. So he stood in the back, right in front of the drapes, hoping Trump wouldn’t notice him camouflaged against the wall.

^^ that's what Zartan did when he worked for COBRA iirc

lol

^^ that's what spicer did when he was a shrub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBhdRs48fUU

good breakdown:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/18/the-white-houses-absolutely-brutal-night-in-6-headlines/

Jeeze, has a VP ever implicitly endorsed a "we're tired of this shit" message about an incumbent President?

But as he told me the story, he tried hard to blend into the background and avoid any one-on-one interaction. He was wearing a blue blazer and noticed that the drapes were blue. So he stood in the back, right in front of the drapes, hoping Trump wouldn’t notice him camouflaged against the wall.

i like the idea of 6'8" comey trying to blend in

A+ tradecraft

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/18/donald-trump-watergate-genius-richard-nixon

Pining for Nixon in the Guardian, oh what a world we live in.

O RLY

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN18E106

https://media.giphy.com/media/4pMX5rJ4PYAEM/giphy.gif

Was going to post the cover of "Country Life" but didn't want to NSFW the thread.

re the Guardian article: "But what does Trump believe in?" But what did Nixon believe in? Why does it matter? If the article wants to make the point that amorality eventually leads to a Watergate, then say so.

amorality is immorality. only satanists sin for the sake of sinning.

Donald Trump believes in Donald Trump. Which is a pretty gross and indefensible thing to believe in, imo.

Comey is 6' 8"?
That really shocks me for some reason

thread of trial fbi-ing

xp: he has that typical Washingtonian "shifty little man" look, but here he is in comparison to Obama.

http://cdnph.upi.com/svc/sv/upi/90111371808166/2013/1/407469bd4327c0f646ad376bc654f70b/Obama-nominates-Comey-to-head-FBI.jpg

i think of trump as slumped and stubby, but this is pure prejudice bcz he's 6"2" ( an inch taller than obama, which just goes to show i guess)*

hillary would not have been the shortest president (she's an inch taller than madison was)

*i have no idea what it shows

Now I want to see an infographic of everybody important in Washington ranked by height.

Damn Comey, in high school ball you was the man, Comey

https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/files/2015/09/Heightsv2.jpg&w=1484

Comey High

comeyhighharmony

Nice, mookie!

about that christie silhouette....

had no idea Santorum was a tall dude

LOL re Christie

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/07/the-gunman-the-rapist-the-woodsman-and-young-jim-comey

interesting thing on young Comey not sure if was ever posted here. I'm currently working in Ramsey,NJ

I had no idea Trump was a tall dude. He sure doesn't give off that vibe, quite the reverse.

it's relative

Yeah, it's hard to judge the height of someone with the physical bearing of a sea cucumber.